The East-West Center is a leader in educating people of the Asia Pacific region, including the United States, to meet the evolving demands and interdependency of global change. The Center offers a range of educational opportunities, bringing together more than 300 students each year from across the region.

East-West Seminars offers short-term dialogue, field study, travel and exchange opportunities for working professionals in politics, government, civil society, business and the media who are in positions to affect policy, shape public opinion and influence change in their countries and communities. Programs provide opportunities for leading professionals from the United States and Asia Pacific to exchange views, build networks, develop leadership skills, and deepen knowledge of regional issues.

Journalism fellowships and exchanges for working American and Asia Pacific journalists promote understanding of the complexities of the Asia Pacific region through study tours. Intensive dialogue with colleagues, government officials, business executives and community leaders provides participants with a means to broaden their network of contacts.

Since 2008, the East-West Center has held a biennial conference for journalists to have an opportunity to gather, build professional networks and discuss current news and media issues with newsmakers, experts and one another.

The Asia Pacific Center for Journalists at the East-West Center in Honolulu leads the region in the vast array of programs and resources it offers journalists on Asia Pacific issues, including 10 fellowship travel programs for American, Asian and Pacific island journalists; a news service providing diverse commentary and analysis on breaking and ongoing Asia Pacific stories; comprehensive, updated online news coverage of the Pacific islands; and quick access to the East-West Center's specialists and 50,000 alumni throughout the region.

The East-West Center Association (EWCA) is an international network of professionals who have a past affiliation with the East-West Center. There are no membership fees to participate in the EWCA. The Association is led by an international Executive Board representing the various professions, regions, and decades of its members. Collectively, they are contributing to global understanding, building an Asia Pacific community, and making a world of difference.

The East-West Center Association (EWCA) is an international network of professionals who have a past affiliation with the East-West Center. There are no membership fees to participate in the EWCA. The Association is led by an international Executive Board representing the various professions, regions, and decades of its members. Collectively, they are contributing to global understanding, building an Asia Pacific community, and making a world of difference.

With more than 62,000 alumni and associates around the world, the East-West Center has one of the largest networks of professionals working to advance international cooperation and understanding between the East and West. As part of that network, you can receive advice and support from associates throughout the region. As an alumni/associate you may join any one of the nearly 50 EWC alumni chapters in Asia, the Pacific and the U.S. While traveling, you can also contact local chapters for assistance in making contacts with colleagues and friends.

The East-West Center seeks to build a strong, peaceful and vibrant Asia-Pacific community as an anchor of a global community which features China and the US as strong partners. Special Projects focuses on China-US philanthropy exchange and other leadership and education projects primarily associated with China. Major projects include the East-West Philanthropists Summit and the China-US Strategic Philanthropy Partnership (CUSP).

Andrew Mason

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Research Program and Professor of Economics, University of Hawaii

Email Address:

amason [at] hawaii.edu

Phone:

808.944.7455

Fax:

808.944.7490

Degree:

PhD, economics, University of Michigan

Research Interests:

Economic development and population change; economic consequences of aging; intergenerational transfers; and lifecycle saving and wealth.

Professor Mason is co-director of the National Transfer Accounts project involving researchers from more than 40 countries in Asia, North and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. The participating scholars are using a comprehensive approach to measure and study population age structure, consumption, labor income, and financial transfers to meet the economic needs of all age groups. National Transfer Accounts are being used to study the evolution of familial support systems, public pensions, health care, and education systems and their influence on economic growth, poverty, generational equity, and other features of the macroeconomy.

Selected Publications

Lee, R., and A. Mason. 2012. “Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers, and Economic Growth: Asia in a Global Context. In Aging in Asia: Findings from New and Emerging Data Initiatives. Committee on Policy Research and Data Needs to Meet the Challenge of Aging in Asia. J.P. Smith and M. Majmundar, eds. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13361).

Lee, Ronald and Andrew Mason, lead authors and editors, 2011. Population Aging and the Generational Economy: A Global Perspective (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar).

Lee, Ronald and Andrew Mason, 2011. “Theoretical aspects of National Transfer Accounts,” in Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason, lead authors and editors, Population Aging and the Generational Economy: A Global Perspective (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar) 32-54.

Mason, Andrew and Ronald Lee, 2011. “Introducing Age into National Accounts,” in Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason, lead authors and editors, Population Aging and the Generational Economy: A Global Perspective (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar) 55-78.

Lee, Ronald and Andrew Mason, 2011. “Lifecycles, Support Systems, and Generational Flows: Patterns and Change,” in Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason, lead authors and editors, Population Aging and the Generational Economy: A Global Perspective (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar) 79-108.

Lee, Ronald and Andrew Mason, 2011. “Generational Economics in a Changing World” in Ronald Lee and David Reher (eds), Demographic Transition and its Consequences, Supplement to Population and Development Review 37(S1) 115-142.

Grants and Consultancies

National Institute on Aging, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNFPA, Japan Medical Association, USAID, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Packard Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Professional Honors and Appointments

Member, Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA), University of California, Berkeley; Member, Harvard Program on the Global Demography of Aging; Visiting Professor, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, 1998; Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983-84; Treasurer, Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia, and the Pacific; Fred M. Taylor prize in economic theory, 1972.